Ergonomics and Wellbeing: A Study on Employees-in-office and Employees Working from Home in India

Office space design and its importance is increasing with the average hours spent at work and as the nature of work is becoming more sedentary especially in knowledge sectors. Ergonomics is one of the key elements in the design of offices that have an immense direct effect on the health and wellbeing of employees. Our study is to understand this element of workstations set up at homes and offices that employees in India are using in the present scenario. We found that employees working from home faced health issues due to inappropriate setup at home and made changes to the same later and also to the working style by adding more movement during work. Employees working in office setup report that new elements such as sit/stand desks, bigger screens can aid them to be happier at work.